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Harmless Geek Pranks for a Little April FoolingTomorrow's April Fools' Day, which means we should all brace ourselves for the inevitable, widespread prankage. If you haven't prepared your own pranks, we've already got ten ready-to-go geek pranks for your perusal.

Top 10 Tools for a Free Online EducationIt's easy to forget these days that the internet started out as a place for academics and researchers to trade data and knowledge. Recapture the web's brain-expanding potential with these free resources for educating yourself online.

Four Small and Fresh Experimental Firefox ExtensionsIt hasn't been that long since we last rounded up the experimental Firefox extensions worth checking out. In the meantime, though, some very small helpers came along and added some clever functionality to the 'fox.

Create a Cat Haven from Ikea ShelvesThe climbing trees at pet stores are ridiculously expensive and take up tons of floor space. Help your kitty jump to a royal view, Super-Mario-style, without cluttering your floor or wasting money.

What's Not Worth Paying for in a Recession?You already know what's worth paying for in a recession, but today the Wall Street Journal takes a closer look at the stuff you should most definitely not be wasting your hard-earned money on.

The SpiderMac DesktopReader zackshackleton's desktop takes a comic book panel and blends system stats into text bubbles, adding a useful touch to a really fun desktop.